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Artist: Barbara Biel ( United States, 1984 - present ) -
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Main Category: Painting
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Genres: Contemporary American Art, Abstract Expressionism
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Biography: 1984 to Present --
Oil and Watercolor Paintings - purchased by corporate and residential collectors
Tapestries -Designed 6 permanent tapestries and l7’x 10’ painting for St. John the Divine
Texas Institute for Arts in Education - Developed programs for the Houston Independent School District in staff development which trained teachers in the arts about the creative process. Led workshops for teachers and conducted tours to various museums.
Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado - Taught outdoor drawing for summer semester.
Art Workshops for Recovery - Created workshops for recovery programs and seminars using different artistic mediums and processes which allowed people to get in touch with their inner creativity.
EDUCATION:
BFA in Studio Painting, University of Texas, Austin, TX 1975- 1979
Post Graduate:
Glassel School of Art, Houston, TX 1980-1981
Art Students League, New York, NY 1979
Massachusetts College of Art; Painting Program; Scopelos, Greece 1996
ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
Painting has always seemed to be part of my inner workings. Whether wandering through the south of France, driving Oregon’s back roads, exploring my home state of Texas, working in my garden or even looking through a stack of beautiful fabrics, all these are inspirations for my work. Creation seems to be imbued with life, spirit and design and it is that beauty and presence that intrigues me.
I am also drawn to archetypical images like the cross. It represents a mystery, the intersection of the divine and the human, spirit and matter, death and re-birth, love and hate. I never tire of peeling back the layers of meaning by exploring the cross and each time I paint it I feel a fresh sense of grace and beauty.
I love to see rich earth colors suspended in oil or water. I also enjoy the way gold leaf can bring the surface of an icon alive. Or the way the energy of a brush stroke interacts with a shape. In the end, a painting has to stand on its own, sometimes a cross, and at times depicting nature, or simply a statement with layers of paint on a canvas. The real pleasure is the journey.
EXHIBITS:
Durwin Rice Gallery - Kansas City, MO - April 2007
Mark Navarro Gallery, Santa Fe NM, 2005
Art for the Soul -- New Orleans LA Group show May 2005
Bennett Galleries Knoxville TN., May 2005
Kuhl--Lindscomb Houston Texas one woman show -paintings Dec-2005
Sidney Pierson, Hilton Head Island, SC. One woman show-paintings Nov, 2004
Pavilion Gallery, one woman show-paintings, Houston TX- 1998
Pavilion Gallery, one woman show-paintings, Houston, TX - 1996
Diverse Works Contemporary Art Center, Houston, TX 1992. Awarded Best Design.
“Trash and Treasure” set installation, Chrysalis Dance Company Gala, Houston, TX - 1992
“La Cancion de Eustolia,” set designs for performance for Diverse Works Contemporary
Art Center, Houston, TX - 1991.
“A Woman Moves West”, set design for a play by Carol Anderson, Houston, TX - 1991
High Voltage Dancers (1991) Womens Voices, Women Dancing (1987) Set designs for Josephine Johns Generating Co., Cullen Performance Hall, Houston, TX
Forty Walls Gallery, representation and 3 man show, Houston, TX - 1980-1982
Small Works, Boulevard Gallery, Houston, TX - 1981
Hunnington Gallery, The University of Texas, Austin, TX - 1979
RECOGNITION:
Elle Decor, August, 2005
Lucky Magazine August 2003
Texas Episcopalian, 1997
Boulevards, December 1996, Houston, TX
Dallas Morning News, December 1994
Southern Accents, November-December 1994
Houston Post, May 15, 1994, Houston Life Magazine
Houston Post, December 25, 1993, Style Section
Successful Attitudes, 1990
Houston Home and Garden, 1987, Cover & Article
Texas Monthly, 1985,Touts Section
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